10 Facts About Reformed worship

Reformed worship is religious devotion to God as conducted by Reformed or Calvinistic Christians, including Presbyterians.

Martin Bucer, the reformer of Strasbourg, believed that proper Reformed worship must be conducted in obedience to the Bible, and for this reason he sought to eliminate many of the dramatic ceremonies which were part of the liturgy of the church.

John Calvin's ideas about Reformed worship were influenced Martin Bucer and William Farel during his time in Strasbourg beginning in 1538.

Reformed worship's liturgy emphasized the unworthiness of the worshiper with the Ten Commandments being sung every Sunday, a practice probably taken from Martin Bucer.

Calvin did not insist on having explicit biblical precedents for every element of Reformed worship, but looked to the early church as his model and retained whatever he considered edifying.

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Dutch Reformed churches developed an order of worship in refugee churches in England and Germany which was ratified at synods in Dordrecht in 1574 and 1578.

Against this, the Reformed worship believed that justification is only by grace, rather than based on any human decision.

Music in Reformed worship was abolished altogether by Ulrich Zwingli in Zurich in 1523 based on a belief that the Bible did not allow for it and that physical means could not lead to spiritual edification.

Hymnody became acceptable for Presbyterians around the middle of the nineteenth century, though the Reformed worship Presbyterians continue to insist on exclusive a capella psalmody.

Reformed worship held that Christ's body and blood are spiritually conveyed to those who partake in faith.